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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Colonel often do when the slaves disrespected him?
(a) He killed them.
(b) He withheld food.
(c) He traded them away.
(d) He reduced their water supply.

2. How many slaves did Colonel Lloyd have in total?
(a) About 2,000.
(b) About 800.
(c) About 1,300.
(d) About 1,000.

3. What is Douglass irritated with his mother for in Chapter 1?
(a) For dying.
(b) For leaving him even though he knows she could not help it.
(c) Not telling him who his father is.
(d) For coming to visit him, knowing she could get beaten for it.

4. For how many years did Garrison publish his newspaper?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 10 years.

5. Why did the Colonel put tar on the fence?
(a) To know if the slaves tried to escape.
(b) To identify any slave that attempted to steal.
(c) To keep the animals away.
(d) To ruin the slaves' only clothes if they try to climb it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave the anti-slavery speech in Massachusetts that is described in the Preface?

2. What does the author of the second Preface compare slaves to?

3. How old does Douglass write that he thinks he is in the first Chapter?

4. While Douglass talks about slavery, what does he have flashbacks about in Chapter 1?

5. What is Douglass's concern in Chapter 1 symbolic for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the punishment, if any, for killing a slave at this time in history?

2. Describe the Great House Farm. Who owned it?

3. Why does Phillips say he does not want to know Douglass's name or place of birth in the second Preface?

4. How does Douglass compare slaves to animals in Chapter 3?

5. In the Preface, how does Garrison describe Douglass?

6. Who was William Lloyd Garrison?

7. Give two examples of slaves who were murdered that Douglass mentions in Chapter 4. Who killed them?

8. Who was Wendell Phillips?

9. What was the situation surrounding Demby's death?

10. Who was Austin Gore? How is he described?

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